Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether Approved Mental Health Professionals are included in the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation’s definition of frontline health and social care workers.

All frontline healthcare staff who are eligible for seasonal influenza vaccination should be offered COVID-19 vaccine. This includes those working in independent, voluntary and non-standard healthcare settings such as hospices and community-based mental health or addiction services. Approved Mental Health Professionals are included in Public Health England's Green Book which defines frontline staff who have frequent, face to face clinical contact with patients.